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Evening Standard Crossword March 31 2022 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword March 31 2022 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 131 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
DraconianHARSH5Across3 RateSPEED5Across3 For the beer drinker, it's heady stuffFROTH5Across3 The right to get paid as required, i.e., fastRAPID5Across8 Unit of lengthMETRE5Across8 See-sawTEETER6Across9 GemstoneTOPAZ5Across10 UndressDIVEST6Across10 It's true, many are in this field of activityREALM5Across10 Step on the gas, there's a good chap!REV3Across11 AlsoTOO3Across11 GiantTITAN5Across11 Normal name for a gongMEDAL5Across12 FlagIRIS4Across12 Provide foodCATER5Across12 Comparatively few are below par, of courseSTROKES7Across13 OriginatorCREATOR7Across13 SapientWISE4Across15 Savoury jellyASPIC5Across15 Nice dark timberCEDAR5Across15 RevereRESPECT7Across17 FaintDIM3Across18 Free from overweening prideRID3Across18 Sheep's woolFLEECE6Across19 In certain ways, a neat arrangement by legislatorsSENATE6Across19 GuidedLED3Across20 EyesPEEPERS7Across21 StrayedERRED5Across21 They're known to be loud speakers, possibly in courtACTIONS7Across21 Dr Jekyll's alternative park?HYDE4Across22 SchemePLAN4Across22 Doing the thing in question out of gratitude?ATIT4Across23 CheeseBRIE4Across23 PraiseLAUD4Across23 Possibly wiry supportersHANGERS7Across24 SnugglesNESTLES7Across24 NeedWANT4Across25 Signalling a late start, just a bitMORSEL6Across26 CulminationCLIMAX6Across26 HoboTRAMP5Across26 DampWET3Across28 BitTAD3Across29 An old-fashioned American heaterGAT3Across29 ArtistPAINTER7Across30 What a bird may do when about to be put in prison?PREEN5Across31 Sailing vesselSLOOP5Across31 Obtained the right number, indeedDERIVED7Across32 IteratesREPEATS7Across32 ReviseEDIT4Across33 RescuedSAVED5Across34 A stop sign possibly unobservedAMBER5Across34 Join in a bit of houseworkSEW3Across35 RippedTORE4Across35 ContendVIE3Across35 ForceIMPEL5Across36 DeflectAVERT5Across36 Nutty artist following a policemanCOPRA5Across36 HeapsPILES5Across37 Cheap place for high living?ATTIC5Across37 StinkSMELL5Across38 Sound asleep!SNORE5Across38 LubricantGREASE6Across38 ExcursionOUTING6Across39 TinePRONG5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Paris undergroundMETRO5Down1 StepSTAIR5Down1 Large ball of soilEARTH5Down1 WidenBROADEN7Down2 Judicial decree that makes a police inspector break coverDIVORCE7Down2 SponsorshipAEGIS5Down2 FixedSET3Down3 Slightly openAJAR4Down4 SovereignPRINCE6Down4 Is sorry - sure upset!RUES4Down4 CheeseEDAM4Down5 Follows races with a tight finishTRACES6Down5 RobsSTEALS6Down5 NoiseDIN3Down6 Vaulting-blockHORSE5Down6 He-man's woman?HELEN5Down6 SatanDEVIL5Down7 SorceryMAGIC5Down7 May suggest milk, but you can do it in waterFLOAT5Down7 War-horseSTEED5Down8 Foot digitTOE3Down9 By going soft at the end of NovemberPER3Down9 Examination of the decimal systemMEDICAL7Down12 IntricateCOMPLEX7Down12 RespondedREPLIED7Down13 Christopher adds it to a cocktailKIT3Down14 JetSPOUT5Down14 DrawTIE3Down14 A local gameDARTS5Down16 NoblemenPEERS5Down16 ColonistSETTLER7Down16 YieldsCEDES5Down17 Payments from parentsRENTS5Down17 OutdoTRUMP5Down18 WorriedFRETTED7Down19 NovelNEW3Down19 Ginger's wrong to laugh so!SNIGGER7Down19 GlassesSPECS5Down20 A primate takes him to heartCHIMP5Down20 Love the sound a door makes!ADORE5Down21 Paved areaPATIO5Down21 DiscourageDAUNT5Down22 TormentBEDEVIL7Down23 Frenchified performer?ARTISTE7Down23 Greg's associate TimHENMAN6Down24 ParchedDRY3Down24 Incendiary liquidNAPALM6Down24 The Archers has at least one listenerEAR3Down25 CircuitLAP3Down25 CustomerPATRON6Down27 Beast of burdenLLAMA5Down27 Constellation or atomORION5Down27 JamWEDGE5Down28 Biblical prophetMOSES5Down28 Burns with a hiss that comes to one's earsSEARS5Down28 WearyTIRED5Down29 Maybe I slew with a gunLEWIS5Down30 GuideSTEER5Down30 Pick-me-upTONIC5Down31 GenuineREAL4Down32 RuleREIGN5Down32 It's what I'd call an expensive girlfriendDEAR4Down32 Person who knows how to treat animalsVET3Down33 AfflictAIL3Down33 FinishedOVER4Down34 SerpentASP3Down36 PullTUG3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, March 31, 2022. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.